Road Trip Mid-State, Stop 1: Modjeska Simkins House
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The Road Trip Mid-State crew visits the Modjeska Simkins house to understand more about South Carolina's struggle for Civil Rights.Video
The Road Trip Mid-State crew visits the Modjeska Simkins house to understand more about South Carolina's struggle for Civil Rights.Video
The Road Trip Mid-State crew speaks with Congressman James E. Clyburn.Video
The Road Trip Mid-State team visits Liberty Hill and learns about its significance during the Civil Rights movement.Video
The Road Trip team speaks with Cecil Williams about his time in the Civil Rights movement and as a photographer.Video
The history of sharecropping and its after-effects in the tobacco industry. After the Civil War, former enslaved Africans had a great desire to own their own farms. Most freedmen were very poor...Video
Looking at the transition from hand-held farming to the advent of machines. In the past, tobacco was a labor-intensive crop. People handled every leaf throughout the growing, harvesting and curing...Video
Understanding the challenges of farming in Mullins today. Health Risks of Tobacco Almost a half-million Americans die of smoking-related illnesses every year, making smoking the leading cause of...Video
Understanding how to keep youth in the city of Mullins.Video
Rebuilding the town of Mullins as tobacco makes an exit as a cash crop.Video
The sad reality of unemployment in Mullins.